
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dunnet, GM 
T1  - A live-trapping study of the brush-tailed possum <I>Trichosurus vulpecula</I> Kerr (Marsupialia)
JF  - CSIRO Wildlife Research
JO  - CSIRO Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1956
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9560001 
N2  - Marking and recapture of a wild population of Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr extended from September 1953 to October 1954. Thirty-three free-living possums and 18 pouch young were captured a total of 302 times. The status of each individual is discussed; most adults are residents and most immature animals are transients. The sex ratio is predominantly female in adults but male in pouch young. There are two main breeding periods; young appear in the pouch during March&ndash;April and in September. In this short-term study of a small population no intermediate breeding was recorded. Autumn births are more general than spring births. The term "individual range" is introduced as a variant of "home range" and trap-revealed individual ranges are measured. Growth and development of the pouch young were studied in detail, and statistical expressions for age on snout-rump and tail lengths are given. 
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